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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

In a few scenes there are shots of brief female nudity. However all the scenes are shot in a non sexualised way.

There are the following;

-At night time Harry looks through a lady's window. Through the window we see her take off her top. She then looks out the window, and we see her breasts for a few seconds. Afterwards his partner jokes about the matter ("Now I know why they call you Dirty Harry").

-At night, while Harry is standing on the rooftop, he stares into a window which is situated a very short distance away from him. Through the window we see a woman walking through her house naked. Breasts and pubic hair are visible for a few seconds.

-The villain says that he's kidnapped a 14 year old girl. We later see her dead body being pulled out of a hole. Breasts and pubic hair are visible. Someone mentions later that she had been raped.

-We see four women at once dancing nude in a strip bar. Breasts and pubic hair are briefly visible.

Violence & Gore

-A man shoots a teenage girl whilst she's swimming. He shoots her from a distance, however we see her get shot very close up. A bit of blood sprays and she dies.

-Harry shoots a robber in the street in broad daylight. Blood sprays. However the man doesn't die.

-Harry is beaten in one scene by the villian. He is repeatedly kicked and punched.

-Harry stabs the villain in the leg. Blood sprays

-Harry Punches the villain to the ground. He then tortures him by repeatedly kicking him the knife wound in his leg.

-The villain pays someone to repeatedly punch in the face with a knuckle duster. The villain's face afterwards may look slightly disturbing to some viewers.

-The villain hijacks a school bus, threatens the driver with a gun and brutalizes the children. This scene is presented in a disturbing manner.

-Harry shoots the villain in the shoulder, a tiny bit of blood sprays. He then shoots him in the heart. Blood sprays and he falls into a lake.

Profanity

1 F-word

3 S-words

2 N-words

-Bastard (x1)

many other profanities as well.

-In a few scenes, we see people smoking cigars

-In a few scenes, we see people drink

Much of the movie has a tense mood.

A deranged killer shoots people with a sniper rifle, brutally beats a police officer, kills and rapes a young girl, and hijacks a school bus filled with children. The same man pays to be beaten and disfigured by a man with brass knuckles.

The protagonist is an equally brutal and morally dubious police officer, who goes to extreme lengths to catch and kill the villain. The violent nature of this character may distress some viewers.

Many of the scenes are violent, disturbing, and intense. The characters are complex and violent. This movie is not for sensitive viewers.

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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Québec) / Canada:PG (Manitoba) / Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) / Iceland:16 / UK:X (original rating) / Finland:K-16 (1972) (cut) (re-rating after appeal) / Netherlands:12 (TV rating) / Netherlands:16 / France:-12 / UK:15 (2008) / Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2008) / Ireland:18 / Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) / Peru:18 / Argentina:18 / Norway:15 (DVD rating) / Brazil:14 / Australia:MA / Australia:R (original rating) / Finland:(Banned) (1972) / Italy:VM14 / New Zealand:R16 / Norway:16 (cut) / Norway:18 / Singapore:M18 / South Korea:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:R / West Germany:16

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